Section 12-15-66

Children charged with delinquent acts or alleged to be in needof supervision to be accorded privilege against self-incrimination; admissibilityin evidence, etc., of extrajudicial statements of children and evidence illegallyseized or obtained; double jeopardy.

(a) A child charged with a delinquent act or who is alleged tobe in need of supervision shall be accorded the privilege against self-incrimination.

(b) An extrajudicial statement which would be constitutionallyinadmissible in a criminal proceeding shall not be received in evidence overobjection. Evidence illegally seized or obtained shall not be received inevidence over objection to establish the allegations against him. An extrajudicialadmission or confession made by the child out of court is insufficient tosupport a finding that the child committed the acts alleged in the petition unless it is corroborated by other evidence.

(c) Criminal proceedings and other juvenile proceedings based uponthe offense alleged in the petition or an offense based upon the same conductare barred where the court has begun taking evidence or where the court hasaccepted a child's plea of guilty to the petition.

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-126.)